Definition of indent

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Indent (v. i.) To be cut, notched, or dented..

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Mush :: Mush (v. t.) To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp..
Tooth :: Tooth (v. t.) To indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw..
Pit :: Pit (n.) The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox..
Dancette :: Dancette (a.) Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancette has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon..
Dolly :: Dolly (n.) A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and Indention..
Follower :: Follower (n.) Among law stationers, a sheet of parchment or paper which is added to the first sheet of an indenture or other deed..
Embattled :: Embattled (a.) Having indentations like a battlement.
Crenel :: Crenel (n.) An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement..
Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg..
Dent :: Dent (n.) A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation..
Center :: Center (n.) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe..
Aim :: Aim (v. i.) To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; -- followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well..
Engrail :: Engrail (v. i.) To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines.
Impress :: Impress (n.) A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence..
Notch :: Notch (n.) A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
Print :: Print (n.) A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow..
Indenting :: Indenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inden.
Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper..
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